If you were traveling along Canal Road in Orange Beach you might have caught the aroma of grills of one huge tailgate party. But there was no football in Orange Beach.

Instead, hundreds of amateur grilling teams from around the nation and the state of Alabama competed in the World Food Championships at The Wharf in Orange Beach. The five-day event wrapped up Sunday afternoon. It was the second year in a row that Orange Beach hosted the event.

Teams competed in categories of best burger, ribs, seafood dishes, oysters and much more Friday, Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, a team from Orange Beach competed in the chili category of the competition. "We actually won at the Flora-Bama's annual Chili Cook-off last February and that's how we got a spot here," said Chad Patterson. "I think we have a good shot at winning."

From Albertville was Lynn Intracan who was behind a stainless steel table, chopping garlic, prepping for the seafood category of the competition on Saturday.

"I'm making a Caribbean glazed snapper with a fresh fruit salad," said Lynn. "We're trying to stay local and fresh. We wanted to use fish from the Gulf of Mexico and fruit from local farms."

Not all in attendance over the weekend were part of the competition. Outside of the cooking tent was the Tasting Village. There, Karen Steele was enjoying some barbecue prepared by one of the competing chefs. "This is such a cool event," Steele said. "The thing that's I like is all the cooks are on a level playing field because they all have to use the same equipment."

Teams also competed in the best burger competition over the weekend. One team hoping their Bubba Burger would win was Hunter Harrison of Pat Harrison's Burger King out of Montgomery.

"We actually competed and placed last year so we were able to come back," said Hunter Harrison. "We really love coming to this event. I'm hoping what makes our burger great in Montgomery will work here."